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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine in Toronto on Jan. 13, 2016, to which the government is giving a $20-million grant.Photograph courtesy of the PMO

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BY DENIS CALNAN

February 8, 2017

People who study innovation appear cautiously optimistic the government’s plan to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into innovation networks and clusters will succeed, but they warn the devil’s in the details. In its 2016

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